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Post by sgalle on May 17, 2010 10:36:45 GMT -5
By now, you're familiar with the major division of conflicts in literature (and, perhaps, in life)--internal and external. What conflicts do you observe in this novel? What predictions, if any, can you make about how these conflicts will develop or be resolved?
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Post by aaleman on Aug 24, 2010 15:32:32 GMT -5
Since the beginning of society there have been social classes and revolutions. In The Handmaid's Tale that does not change. People of the Republic of Gilead do not understand what is happening and are afraid to ask because of the military government that has taken power. There are some people that see that this is not going to have a good ending so they revolt or run away. The external conflict of The Handmaid's Tale is that the government suppresses any knowledge and dose not tolerate individuals in their society. Offred has two main internal conflicts. The first one is that she dose not know who she is any more she is becoming just one more person in society following rules and not questioning. Her other conflict is that she feels she is weak and dose not fight for what she wants. Both of this conflicts can be joined because of her lack of individuality she does not fight for what she wants; but because of her fear of repression she dose not want to be identified as a individual. As predictions go I can only predict that Offred will eventually rebel and have the option as her friend, Moira, to either go to the same place Moira is or were her mother is and I think that she will pick to go with Moira because it will be easier and might have the chance to gather information of the whereabouts of Luke and her daughter.
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Post by sgalle on Aug 25, 2010 14:49:18 GMT -5
What kinds of conflicts are faced by the other characters in the novel? What predictions can you make about those conflicts? How are the conflicts resolved?
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Post by mariemancero on Sept 1, 2010 19:25:05 GMT -5
The conflict that is more shocking to me from the novel, is the forced separation of families. The Eyes army separated all Handmaid's from their families until they could gain the privilege of having their own, but just after they have had a baby for the Commander and his wife, and after having being proven to be loyal to the new Gilead laws. I think this is a big conflict because I think that separation from family affects a person a lot. In the novel, Offred would never stop remind herself of her daughter and Luke, her husband. They were the two persons that she treasured the most. Even though Luke doesn't seem a good example of a husband by saying that he left his first wife for Offred, he shows to be worth of Offred's love because he always supported Offred when she needed it. For example, he tried to make things better for Offred when her bank account was shut, and he accepted, without complains, to take their daughter to school when the country was getting worse; and even though they are little details, they are big in a family that takes care of one another. For Offred, it was not easy to keep on walking through the Wall, every day, just to make sure that none of the hanging bodies were Luke or her daughter, she wouldn't have bared to live if in a case one of the bodies were they. I think that the hardest thing is getting separates from a family by force, rather than because its a decision. I think this because, in my opinion, there is no one else you trust as much as your family.
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